2018 – Page 305 – Americana UK

New Kim Richey “Edgeland” due March – Listen

January 12, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Kim Richey will release her first album in five years, Edgeland, on Yep Roc Records on 30th March, and you can hear the first track to be taken from it “Whistle On Occasion” featuring Chuck Prophet below. Recorded in Nashville, Edgeland is Richey’s eighth studio […]

UK bill to protect music venues goes to second reading next week

January 12, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

This has flown under the radar a bit in terms of national reporting but it might be a good time to ask your MP to support the bill (unless you live next to a noisy venue, […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Billy Bragg and Joe Henry “Railroad Bill”

January 12, 2018 Paul Villers 1

We like a good railway journey. In fact we like it so much that we had a funicular railway installed at Americana-UK Towers so that we could ascend from The Bunker to The Towers in proper […]

Interview: Ann Savoy

January 12, 2018 Maurice Hope 0

Adopted Cajun, Ann Savoy of the Savoy Cajun Family Band is carrying on the region’s age-old tradition of music and way of life through her work. Savoy, married to accordionist and accordion builder Marc Savoy, is […]

No Thee No Ess “California” (Folkwit Records, 2017)

January 12, 2018 David Cowling 0

The Welsh psychedelic wizards relax the weirdness (a bit – the opener Mind Flow Bender is still far out into a universe where Hawkwind are a little bit tame) and head towards Americana. California (the title […]

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

August 7, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm. We leave you dear reader with a new song from Nate Amos aka This […]

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

August 7, 2026 0

A powerful message that’s relayed with the kind of vigour and skill needed to make people sit up and listen. “In his oval room, in his rockin’ chair / He’s the president, but I don’t care […]

Year: 2018

New Kim Richey “Edgeland” due March – Listen

UK bill to protect music venues goes to second reading next week

Pick of the Political Pops: Billy Bragg and Joe Henry “Railroad Bill”

Interview: Ann Savoy

No Thee No Ess “California” (Folkwit Records, 2017)

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012

The Wild High “Listen to The Wild High”